Earlier this year Mr Lammy defended calling Mr Trump a neo-Nazi sociopath, saying all politicians had something to say about him “back in the day”. He also said he had met Mr Trump’s vice-president JD Vance and that the two men had “common ground”.

Foreign Secretary who previously described president-elect as a ‘neo-Nazi sympathising sociopath’ says he can build relationship with him

David Lammy has dismissed the row over his past criticisms of Donald Trump as “old news”.The foreign secretary has come under fire about his previous comments since Trump was re-elected US president this week.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy insisted he got on well with Donald Trump at a recent dinner despite his comments branding him 'a woman hating, neo-Nazi, sympathising sociopath'

Today, we speak to the Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Adam and Chris speak to him about the election of Donald Trump, whether he regrets calling him “deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic” and what the government’s approach to the new US government will be.

Lammy praised his election campaign as "very well run", adding that: "I felt in my bones that there could be a Trump presidency." In the interview, Lammy was challenged over comme